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"You can't be racist, because you're brown."

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NEW VIDEO: Why Are We Still Talking To White People About Race?

Featuring @InayaFolarin @broseph_stalin @RMCunliffe and @rialina_

https://t.co/WooAM9jijH

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WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACE?

TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 7pm

Speakers: @InayaFolarin and @samdavspeak

Chair: @RMCunliffe

Symposiarch: @rialina_

FREE. Register https://t.co/Fj51ql8cXR

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"Left and Right is no longer about ideas - it’s about groups that are opposed to each other."

@Nikos_17 on political tribalism: https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR

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"The idea that I’m not going to say anything about racism because I’m white is a tyranny."

@Fox_Claire says it's an obligation on all of us - regardless of skin colour - to say what we believe to be true: https://t.co/KaH25botuC

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"The idea that I’m not going to say anything about racism because I’m white is a tyranny."

@Fox_Claire says it's an obligation on all of us - regardless of skin colour - to say what we believe to be true: https://t.co/KaH25botuC

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"Free speech has real consequences for some people."

@faizashaheen on how conversations about racism quickly descend into defensiveness: https://t.co/KaH25botuC

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"I want people to talk about why Britishness is a good thing - because it’s been entirely forgotten."

@SebastianEPayne says people must make the case for the Union in politics: https://t.co/KaH25botuC

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"We have a very narrow idea of what power looks like - we’re on our twentieth Etonian Prime Minister."

@faizashaheen warns that the Conservatives may not have the easy ride they expected: https://t.co/KaH25botuC

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"It reminds me of when the Miners’ wives groups formed - people who have never been involved in politics are now organisers. It's sown the seeds of something."

@Fox_Claire reflects on her time in @brexitparty_uk: https://t.co/KaH25botuC

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NEW VIDEO: The Q&A's from our first two events are live on https://t.co/ohzT6fSDOL featuring @rialina_ @Fox_Claire @faizashaheen @SebastianEPayne @Ella_M_Whelan @RMCunliffe @AyoCaesar @Nikos_17. See https://t.co/4Qz3wFEh24 for more.

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"When you give up on the idea that human beings can be authors of history & change the world, it's easy to fall into the politics of identity."

@Nikos_17 on how politics became toxic: https://t.co/v4CUSLmwfh

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"The most irritating thing in the world is going 'I hate the Tories' in order to get applause."

@Fox_Claire on the need for open political dialogue: https://t.co/1S8hP3uwfJ

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"Let's talk about reuniting refugee children with their families; or how you shouldn't need to earn £28k a year to be with the person you love."

@faizashaheen on how important discussions needn't be so toxic: https://t.co/1S8hP3uwfJ

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"The business of policy creates social circumstances that affect the way we interact with one another."

@AyoCaesar on how policies - not people - are to blame for incivility: https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR

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SHOUT OUT to @rialina_ who masterfully hosted our first two events at @thesekforde for February and March. Much more to come! #londonsymposium

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Also a massive THANK YOU to our director, sound and film crew who captured the discussions @aarontrinder #thanks

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Shout out to @TheSekforde for the continued support and wonderful staff who made our first two events not only possible, but beautiful. #londonsymposium #2020 #thankyou

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UPDATE: Our second event at @TheSekforde discussing Toxic Tribes and Civil Disagreement is now LIVE on https://t.co/4Qz3wFmGaw and https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR feat. @AyoCaesar @RMCunliffe @Nikos_17 #toxic #tribes #civility #disagreement

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"Left and Right is no longer about ideas - it’s about groups that are opposed to each other."

@Nikos_17 on political tribalism: https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR